"I am, in particular, sorry that the words of one of my senior administrators recently resulted in two individuals working for one of our on-campus vendors losing their jobs,” Price wrote. “[W]hile I am pleased that the vendor has taken steps to reverse this action, I apologize for the precipitous and unfair treatment these employees experienced. We must do better."

The statement comes after protests yesterday in which people gathered outside the coffee shop and marched into Moneta's office playing Young Dolph's "Get Paid," the song that had offended him. Today, there was a coordinated call-in campaign to the office, and the story has been picked up in many national outlets since the INDY broke it two days ago.

"I felt and still feel that the choice of music for the venue was inappropriate," Moneta wrote in an email to the paper. "[B]ut if my actions in any way lead to their dismissal, I apologize and hope that the JVG management consider ways to reinstate their employment with the company.”

Roberts has offered both Britni Brown and Kevin Simmons their jobs back, they said. Brown will not be accepting the job, she said at yesterday's protest. Simmons has not said yet whether he will.

For his part, the artist at the center of the controversy caught wind of the story yesterday and startedtweeting about it. Young Dolph has offered to fly Brown and Simmons to Miami this weekend for a concert, they said. The rapper is currently on tour and will be playing at Hard Rock Stadium at Rolling Loud festival.